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These are external packages which you will need to install before
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- installing matplotlib. Windows users only need the first two (python
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- and numpy ) since the others are built into the matplotlib Windows
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- installers available for download at `the download page
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- <https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/downloads>_`. If you are
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- building on OSX, see :ref:`build_osx`. If you are installing
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+ installing matplotlib. Windows users only need the first four (python,
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+ numpy, dateutil, and pyparsing ) since the others are built into the
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+ matplotlib Windows installers available for download at `the download
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+ page <https://github.com/matplotlib/matplotlib/downloads>_`. If you
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+ are building on OSX, see :ref:`build_osx`. If you are installing
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dependencies with a package manager on Linux, you may need to install
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the development packages (look for a "-dev" postfix) in addition to
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the libraries themselves.
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:term:`numpy` |minimum_numpy_version| (or later)
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array support for python (`download numpy <http://numpy.org>`_)
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- libpng 1.2 (or later)
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- library for loading and saving :term:`PNG` files (`download
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- <http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html>`__). libpng requires
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- zlib. If you are a Windows user, you can ignore this because we
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- build support into the matplotlib single-click installer
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- :term:`freetype` 1.4 (or later)
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- library for reading true type font files. If you are a windows
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- user, you can ignore this since we build support into the
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- matplotlib single click installer.
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:term:`dateutil` 1.1 or later
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Provides extensions to python datetime handling. If using pip,
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easy_install or installing from source, the installer will attempt
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using pip, easy_install or installing from source, the installer
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will attempt to download and install `pyparsing` from PyPI.
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+ libpng 1.2 (or later)
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+ library for loading and saving :term:`PNG` files (`download
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+ <http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html>`__). libpng requires
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+ zlib. If you are a Windows user, you can ignore this because we
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+ build support into the matplotlib single-click installer
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+
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+ :term:`freetype` 1.4 (or later)
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+ library for reading true type font files. If you are a windows
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+ user, you can ignore this since we build support into the
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+ matplotlib single click installer.
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**Optional**
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These are optional packages which you may want to install to use
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